Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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259. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if changes to the boundaries of county and city council areas require legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7173/17]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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I refer to the reply to Question No. 468 of 17th January, 2017. The legislation governing local authority boundary alterations is set out in Part V of the Local Government Act 1991. As specified in section 31(1)(a) of the Act, alterations of the boundaries between local authorities may be made by Ministerial Order, but any such Order would require approval of both Houses of the Oireachtas.

The creation of a new local authority by way of merging two or more local authorities would require primary legislation.